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navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/East_Rapti_River" title="East Rapti River">East Rapti River</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Rapti_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Rapti (disambiguation)">Rapti</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">West Rapti<br /><div class="nickname" style="display:inline;font-size:78%">Kuwano</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulchowk,_Bhalubang,_Deukhuri,_Dang.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Pulchowk%2C_Bhalubang%2C_Deukhuri%2C_Dang.jpg/250px-Pulchowk%2C_Bhalubang%2C_Deukhuri%2C_Dang.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Pulchowk%2C_Bhalubang%2C_Deukhuri%2C_Dang.jpg/375px-Pulchowk%2C_Bhalubang%2C_Deukhuri%2C_Dang.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Pulchowk%2C_Bhalubang%2C_Deukhuri%2C_Dang.jpg/500px-Pulchowk%2C_Bhalubang%2C_Deukhuri%2C_Dang.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">West Rapti river at <a href="/wiki/Bhalubang" title="Bhalubang">Bhalubang</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_2c66093469a8eb96f1ab05a4071576a10158ce8b"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=West_Rapti_River&revid=1252799882&groups=_2c66093469a8eb96f1ab05a4071576a10158ce8b" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=West_Rapti_River&revid=1252799882&groups=_2c66093469a8eb96f1ab05a4071576a10158ce8b 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Location</th></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rapti_Zone" title="Rapti Zone">Rapti Zone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> south of border of <a href="/wiki/Rukum_District" title="Rukum District">Rukum District</a> with <a href="/wiki/Rolpa_District" title="Rolpa District">Rolpa District</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=West_Rapti_River&params=28.4757_N_82.8788_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°28′33″N</span> <span class="longitude">82°52′44″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.4757°N 82.8788°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">28.4757; 82.8788</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">3,500 m (11,500 ft)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghaghara_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghaghara River">Ghaghara River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=West_Rapti_River&params=26.289_N_83.669_E_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°17′20″N</span> <span class="longitude">83°40′08″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.289°N 83.669°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.289; 83.669</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">60 m (200 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">23,900 km<sup>2</sup> (9,200 sq mi)</td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">136 m<sup>3</sup>/s (4,800 cu ft/s)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">River system</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tributaries</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • left</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Lungri Khola, Jhimruk Khola, Ami River, <a href="/wiki/Rohni_River" title="Rohni River">Rohini River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • right</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Arun Khola,</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>West Rapti</b>, also known as the <b>Kuwano</b>, is a river which drains <a href="/wiki/Rapti_Zone" title="Rapti Zone">Rapti Zone</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mid-Western_Development_Region,_Nepal" title="Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal">Mid-Western Region, Nepal</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Awadh" title="Awadh">Awadh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_region" title="Bhojpuri region">Bhojpur</a>-<a href="/wiki/Purvanchal" title="Purvanchal">Purvanchal</a> regions of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> state, and finally <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> before joining the <a href="/wiki/Ghaghara" title="Ghaghara">Ghaghara</a>. It is a major left bank tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a>, and is also known as the Karnali in Nepal. </p><p>The West Rapti is notable for <a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi"><i>janajati</i></a> ethnic groups – <a href="/wiki/Kham_Magar" title="Kham Magar">Kham Magar</a> among its highland sources and then <a href="/wiki/Tharu_people" title="Tharu people">Tharu</a> in <a href="/wiki/Inner_Terai_Valleys_of_Nepal" title="Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal">Inner Terai</a> <a href="/wiki/Deukhuri" title="Deukhuri">Deukhuri</a> Valley, for its irrigation and hydroelectric potential, and for recurrent floods that led to its nickname "Gorakhpur's Sorrow". </p><p>Max depth 8.50 </p><p>Min depth 10.7 </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Rapti_River&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="History"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_ancient_Airavati_river">As ancient Airavati river</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Rapti_River&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: As ancient Airavati river"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Acirawati"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sarayu#Ramayana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarayu">Sarayu river</a></div> <p><b>Aciravati</b>, <b>Achirvati</b> or <b>Airavati</b> is the ancient name for a river has been identified with the modern Rapti, flowing through what is now <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> and the northern portion of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kapoor_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kapoor-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chinese pilgrim <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a> knew it as A-chi-lo. Jain texts mention it as Eravai.<sup id="cite_ref-kapoor_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kapoor-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Sravasti" class="mw-redirect" title="Sravasti">Sravasti</a>, once capital of <a href="/wiki/Kosala_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosala Kingdom">Kosala Kingdom</a>, stood on the western bank of the Achirvati. The river was a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Sarayu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarayu">Sarayu</a>. It was one of the five great rivers that constituted the Ganges group of rivers and one of the sacred rivers of the <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> midland.<sup id="cite_ref-kapoor_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kapoor-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Rapti_River&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rapti rises south of a prominent E-W ridgeline midway between the western <a href="/wiki/Dhaulagiri" title="Dhaulagiri">Dhaulagiri</a> Himalaya and the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharat_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahabharat Range">Mahabharat Range</a>. A 3,500 metres (11,500 ft) summit on this ridgeline marks a triple <a href="/wiki/Drainage_divide" title="Drainage divide">divide</a>. North of the triple divide the <a href="/wiki/Karnali_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnali River">Karnali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gandaki_River" title="Gandaki River">Gandaki</a> basins are adjacent; south of it the Rapti and similar but smaller <i><a href="/wiki/Babai_River" title="Babai River">Babai River</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">बबई नदी</span>; <span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language text"><i lang="ne-Latn">Babaī Nadī</i></span>) separate the two larger basins. After crossing into India, the Babai and Rapti separately join the Karnali's continuation called <i>Ghaghara</i>. The Ghaghara ultimately joins the Ganges. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hydrology">Hydrology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Rapti_River&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hydrology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rapti's headwaters descend south from rugged highlands populated by <a href="/wiki/Kham_Magar" title="Kham Magar">Kham Magar</a>. The western tributary <i>Mādī Kholā</i> (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">माडी खोला</span>) rises in northwestern <a href="/wiki/Rolpa_District" title="Rolpa District">Rolpa</a> and is joined by <i>Lungrī Kholā</i> (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">लुङग्री खोला</span>) draining northeastern Rolpa. The Mardi then crosses into <a href="/wiki/Pyuthan_District" title="Pyuthan District">Pyuthan</a>. It is joined by east-flowing Arun Kholā (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">अरुण खोला</span>) at Devithān (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">देवीथान</span>) where it enters a gorge through the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharat_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahabharat Range">Mahabharat Range</a>. </p><p><i>Jhimruk Kholā</i> (<a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>: <span lang="ne">झिमरुक खोला</span>) -- east of the Mardi—mainly drains <a href="/wiki/Pyuthan_District" title="Pyuthan District">Pyuthan</a>. Below the upper highlands, an alluvial valley opens where [[Brahman ]] and <a href="/wiki/Chhetri" title="Chhetri">Chhetri</a> rice farmers irrigate <a href="/wiki/Paddy_fields" class="mw-redirect" title="Paddy fields">paddy fields</a>. At <i>Cherneta</i>, Pyuthan the Jhimruk approaches within 1.5 km of the Mardi and a 12 megawatt <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectricity" title="Hydroelectricity">hydroelectric</a> plant exploits the Jhimruk being 200 meters higher. </p><p>Below Cherneta the Jhimruk loops east, becoming the border between Pyuthan and <a href="/wiki/Arghakhanchi_District" title="Arghakhanchi District">Arghakhanchi District</a>. Its valley narrows and steepens as it enters the Mahabharat Range. Partway through it joins the Mardi and the combined flow is then named the Rapti. The main river emerges from its gorge into the lower <a href="/wiki/Siwalik_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Siwalik Hills">Siwalik Hills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dang_District,_Nepal" title="Dang District, Nepal">Dang District</a>. At <a href="/wiki/Bhalubang" title="Bhalubang">Bhalubang Bazaar</a> Nepal's east-west <a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Highway" title="Mahendra Highway">Mahendra Highway</a> bridges the river. </p><p>Below Bhalubang, <a href="/wiki/Inner_Terai" class="mw-redirect" title="Inner Terai">Inner Terai</a> <i>Deukhuri Valley</i> opens between the <i>Dang</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dudhwa_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Dudhwa Range">Dudhwa Ranges</a></i>, both sub ranges of the Siwaliks. Valley, following the WNW trend of the Siwalik hills for 100 km. Although the land is fertile, before <a href="/wiki/DDT#Use_against_malaria" title="DDT">DDT</a> came into use in the 1950s Deukhuri was so <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malarial</a> that only the <a href="/wiki/Tharu_people" title="Tharu people">Tharu people</a> who had genetic resistance could be confident of surviving the warmer months. </p><p>The river crosses from Dang into <a href="/wiki/Banke_District" title="Banke District">Banke District</a>. Approaching <a href="/wiki/Nepalganj" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepalganj">Nepalganj</a>—largest town in Nepal's western <a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a>—the Dudhwa Hills fall away and the river turns SE, crossing into Uttar Pradesh, India and flowing through districts <a href="/wiki/Shravasti_district" title="Shravasti district">Shravasti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siddharthnagar_district" title="Siddharthnagar district">Siddharth Nagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basti_district" title="Basti district">Basti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sant_Kabir_Nagar_district" title="Sant Kabir Nagar district">Sant Kabir Nagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharajganj_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharajganj District">Maharajganj District</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur_district" title="Gorakhpur district">Gorakhpur</a>, passing <a href="/wiki/Gorakhpur" title="Gorakhpur">Gorakhpur</a> city at about 135 air miles (215 km) from Nepal.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Just west of the city it is joined by the smaller <a href="/wiki/Rohni_River" title="Rohni River">Rohini</a> rising further east in Nepal's <a href="/wiki/Nawalparasi_District" title="Nawalparasi District">Nawalparasi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rupandehi_District" title="Rupandehi District">Rupandehi Districts</a>, draining 794 km<sup>2</sup> in Nepal then 1892 km<sup>2</sup> following through <a href="/wiki/Maharajganj_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharajganj District">Maharajganj District</a> in India. 60 km beyond Gorakhpur the Rapti joins the Ghaghara (Karnali) at Rajpur. About 120 km further on at <a href="/wiki/Chhapra" title="Chhapra">Chhapra</a>, the Ghaghara reaches the Ganges.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-negi_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-negi-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resource_utilisation">Resource utilisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Rapti_River&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Resource utilisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rapti's flow has great seasonal variation because the river lacks sources in high elevation glaciers and snowfields to buffer pre-monsoon drought. Average monthly flows at <i><a href="/wiki/Jalaun_district" title="Jalaun district">Jalkundi</a></i> (27°58'N, 82°14'E) in Deukhuri Valley vary from 17.6 m<sup>3</sup>/s in pre-monsoon April to 451 m<sup>3</sup>/s at the peak of the monsoon in August. Maximum recorded flood was 7,390 m<sup>3</sup>/s on 10 September 1981. <a href="/wiki/100-year_flood" title="100-year flood">100-year flood</a> flows are predicted at 10,100 m<sup>3</sup>/s. Every year, floods threaten over 700,000 acres (280,000 ha) in Uttar Pradesh.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Flood control projects under study include a dam at Jalkundi that would inundate 71,000 acres (29,000 ha) of farmland in Deukhuri Valley. An alternative dam site is upstream at <i>Naumure</i> on the Pyuthan-Dang district border (27°53'N, 82°48'E). This would be an earthen dam 169 m high with 351 million cubic meters live storage capacity, storing excess monsoon flows for irrigation use during the following dry season and generating up to 207 megawatts. Impoundment would mainly be in gorges through the Mahabharat Range, inundating less farmland than the Jalkundi alternative. Plans are also underway for three irrigation sub-projects – <a href="/wiki/Kapilvastu_District" title="Kapilvastu District">Kapilvastu District</a> 30,500 hectares (75,000 acres) involving interbasin water transfer to the southeast, Deukhuri Valley 9,500 hectares (23,000 acres), and <a href="/wiki/Banke_District" title="Banke District">Banke District</a> 40,000 hectares (99,000 acres).<sup id="cite_ref-disputes_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disputes-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Rapti_River&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHoey1907" class="citation journal cs1">Hoey, William. 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